Democratic state legislator Isadore Hall, who won his state Senate seat in a special election just two months ago, said Thursday he would run for Rep. Janice Hahn's U.S. House post if she decides to try for Los Angeles County supervisor next year.

SACRAMENTO — Former Assemblyman Isadore Hall III (D-Compton) has filled the vacancy created by Roderick Wright's resignation from the California Senate.
Hall won about 55% of the vote in a special election in Wright's Inglewood-area district on...

Voters go to the polls Tuesday in a special election to fill a vacant state Senate seat in south Los Angeles County.
Three Democrats and one Republican are competing for the 35th Senate District seat vacated in October by the resignation of Sen....

Stung by losses in the November election, the California Legislature's Democratic majority arrives for the first day of a new session Monday facing a political terrain more hostile to tax increases and other priorities of liberal lawmakers.
The...

Assemblyman Isadore Hall III, the front-runner to fill a vacated state Senate seat, is facing criticism from competitors for his use of campaign funds to pay for expensive dinners, limousine rentals, luxury suites at concerts, and trips to resorts in...

Attorneys for former Democratic state Sen. Roderick Wright said Monday they have filed a notice of appeal of Wright’s conviction on charges of perjury and voter fraud for lying about living in his district.
The notice begins the process of preparing the record of the trial court in which a jury found Wright guilty of eight felonies and a Superior Court judge sentenced him to 90 days in jail, 1,500 hours of community service and three years' probation. County jail officials, citing jail...

Democrats trying to recapture a powerful supermajority in the California Legislature after being hobbled by a series of political scandals were trailing in early returns Tuesday in races pivotal to regaining the party's grip on the Capitol.
Half of the 40 state Senate seats and all 80 Assembly seats were on the ballot, with candidates and independent groups spending millions of dollars in some close contests.
Republican state party Chairman Jim Brulte said a top priority for the election was to...

Former Democratic state Sen. Roderick D. Wright arrived at the county jail intake center late Friday to begin serving a 90-day sentence but was released almost immediately because of jail crowding, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said.
A Los Angeles jury convicted Wright earlier this year on eight felony counts, including perjury and voting fraud, in a case that centered on whether he had lied about living in the district he sought to represent.
Jurors agreed with prosecutors,...

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Former Democratic state Sen. Roderick D. Wright showed up late Friday to begin serving a 90-day jail sentence but was released almost immediately due to jail crowding, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman said.
A jury convicted Wright earlier this year on eight felony counts, including perjury and voting fraud, in a case that centered on whether he had lied about living in the district he sought to represent.
Jurors agreed with prosecutors, who said that Wright had contrived...

Darrell Steinberg took the helm of the state Senate six years ago with the global economy in a meltdown that choked off tax revenue, causing the state budget deficit to balloon to $42 billion.
It took Steinberg and other state leaders four years that included deep service cuts, worker furloughs, tax increases and the improving economy to right the ship of state, only to have a different set of troubles land in his lap. Steinberg watched in frustration as four of his Democratic colleagues were charged...

Four Democrats and one Republican have filed papers by the deadline to compete in the Dec. 9 special election to fill the state Senate seat that was vacated when Sen. Roderick D. Wright (D-Inglewood) resigned after his sentencing for lying about living in his district.
The papers were due Friday afternoon, and Los Angeles elections officials will announce next week which candidates qualified for the ballot.
The winner of the election would fill the unexpired term for the 35th Senate District....